sabato, 9 novembre, 2013, 11:08 - Street art
The best known street artist across the world, Banksy's challenging, contrary and thought-provoking, stencil-based art has made a huge impact on both high and low culture.
Hailing from Bristol, UK, the artist keeps his identity a secret, which has led to numerous rumours about who he is and how he works. Some claim he has a team of people working on each creation while others believe he still works alone. Whatever the case, his art remains as impactful as ever.
Labour party
The piece above was sprayed upon the side of a 'Poundland' shop, which was selling cheap Jubilee and Olympics merchandise. Banksy saw this as his opportunity to showcase the issue of child labour in the Third World.
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venerdì, 8 novembre, 2013, 12:30 - Street art
Using characters from model train sets, Slinkachu's 'Little People Project' is a mixture of street art and photography. If you've had the pleasure of stumbling upon one of his odd little creations, you'll appreciate his humour and child-like imagination.
Whilst some scenes are created to play with the notion of surprise, Slinkachu says that the titles he gives to each scene, 'aims to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed'. However, he is quick to add that 'underneath this, there is always some humour'.
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giovedì, 7 novembre, 2013, 15:00 - Street art
There's nothing quite like walking along your local high street and coming across a whole new, 3D world - completely made of chalk. Many other chalk artists could have featured in this list, but above all it's Julian Beever's playful approach to the medium that has us in awe.
The British born artist started out as a busker, before attracting commerical commissions in the mid 2000s. He even made a 10-part TV series and released a book, 'Pavement Chalk Artist', in 2011.
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mercoledì, 6 novembre, 2013, 13:31 - Generale
British born, New York-based design studio Vault49 brought its inimitable style to this illustration-led campaign for Beck's beer. Reflecting a growing trend for production-line-style visuals that reflect the creation process - also noticeable in Nike's Reuse-a-Shoe campaign - the ad explores the different elements that go into a bottle of Beck's, from an imaginative, conceptual viewpoint rather than a literal representation of the production process.
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martedì, 5 novembre, 2013, 05:36 - Generale
“Os seres humanos são criaturas emocionais e isso afeta a nossa tomada de decisão e a dos mercados. Também somos criaturas biológicas, temos necessidades e desejos que são movidos por fisiologia.” Paul Zak, neuroeconomista norte-americano.
Considerado um dos fundadores da neuroeconomia, o americano Paul Zak é o próximo e último conferencista da edição 2013 do Fronteiras do Pensamento (POA 04/11; SP 06/11). Zak foi um dos primeiros a apontar que a tomada de decisões econômicas também é influenciada pela química cerebral. Apoiado em experimentos científicos, o pesquisador relaciona o hormônio ocitocina à moral e diz que é justamente o nível de confiança dentro de uma sociedade que determina a prosperidade de um país.
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